The purpose of the proposed rule amendments (OGC No. 12-1179) is to amend Rules 62-297.440, (containing supplementary air emission test procedures) and 62-297.450, F.A.C, (containing test procedures for air emission units emitting Volatile Organic ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

RULE NOS.:RULE TITLES:

62-297.440Supplementary Test Procedures

62-297.450EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the proposed rule amendments (OGC No. 12-1179) is to amend Rules 62-297.440, (containing supplementary air emission test procedures) and 62-297.450, F.A.C, (containing test procedures for air emission units emitting Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)) to eliminate unnecessary, redundant, and obsolete references, and to reformat procedures for clarification.

SUMMARY: Subsections of Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C., will be repealed because they contain unnecessary adoptions by reference of test methods and procedures that are obsolete or elsewhere adopted by reference. The proposed amendments to Rule 62-297.450, F.A.C., reformat for the sake of clarification, but do not change, the requirements related to the procedures for determining the capture efficiency of a VOC capture system and incorporate language transferred from subsection 62-297.440(7), F.A.C. (VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures). The proposed amendments also remove language that is redundant.

OTHER RULES INCORPORATING THESE RULES: 62-113.200; 62-160.110; 62-210.200; 62-296.501; 62-296.502; 62-296.503; 62-296.504; 62-296.505; 62-296.506; 62-296.507; 62-296.508; 62-296.510; 62-296.511; 62-296.513; 62-296.514; and 62-296.515, F.A.C.

EFFECT ON THOSE OTHER RULES: References in subsections 62-210.200(135) and 62-210.200(163) will need to be revised. The Department will clarify Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC) Capture Efficiency Test Procedures in rules contained in Chapter 62-296, F.A.C.

SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS AND LEGISLATIVE RATIFICATION:

The Agency has determined that this will not have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after the implementation of the rule. A SERC has not been prepared by the Agency.

The Agency has determined that the proposed rule is not expected to require legislative ratification based on the statement of estimated regulatory costs or if no SERC is required, the information expressly relied upon and described herein: The Department determined that the amendments to these rules are necessary to clarify and to remove unnecessary, redundant, and obsolete references related to air emission test procedures and will not increase regulatory costs for any entity.

Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 403.061 FS.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS.

IF REQUESTED WITHIN 21 DAYS OF THE DATE OF THIS NOTICE, A HEARING WILL BE SCHEDULED AND ANNOUNCED IN THE FAR.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Cindy Phillips, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 5500, Tallahassee, Florida, 32399-2400, Telephone: [phone], E-mail: [e-mail]

 

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

 

62-297.440 Supplementary Test Procedures.

The following test procedures are adopted by reference. Copies of these documents are available from the sources set forth below. Copies may also be inspected at the Department’s Tallahassee Office.

(1) [Reserved]. ASTM Methods –Standard Methods published by the American Society for Testing and Materials are available from the Society at 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103.

(a) ASTM D 322-67, 1972. Standard Method of Test for Dilution of Gasoline Engine Crankcase Oils.

(b) ASTM D 396-98. Standard Specification for Fuel Oils.

(c) ASTM D 2880-98. Standard Specification for Gas Turbine Fuel Oils.

(d) ASTM D 975-98b. Standard Specification for Diesel Fuel Oils.

(e) ASTM D 323-72. Standard Test Method for Vapor Pressure of Petroleum Products (Reid Method).

(f) ASTM D 97-66. Standard Test Method for Pour Point of Petroleum Oils.

(g) ASTM D 4057-88. Standard Practice for Manual Sampling of Petroleum and Petroleum Products.

(h) ASTM D 129-91. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (General Bomb Method).

(i) ASTM D 2622-94. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by X-Ray Spectrometry.

(j) ASTM D 4294-90. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Energy-Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy.

(k) ASTM D 240-92. Standard Test Method for Heat Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter.

(l) ASTM D 482-00. Standard Test Method for Ash from Petroleum Products.

(m) ASTM D 1552-95. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products (High-Temperature Method).

(n) ASTM D 1826-94. Standard Test Method for Calorific (Heating) Value of Gases in Natural Gas Range by Continuous Recording Calorimeter.

(o) ASTM D 1945-96. Standard Test Method for Analysis of Natural Gas by Gas Chromatography.

(p) ASTM D 2015-00. Standard Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke by the Adiabatic Bomb Calorimeter.

(q) ASTM D 2622-98. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Products by Wavelength Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry.

(r) ASTM D 3228-96. Standard Test Method for Total Nitrogen in Lubricating Oils and Fuels By Modified Kjeldahl Method.

(s) ASTM D 3246-96. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum Gas by Oxidative Microcoulometry.

(t) ASTM D 3588-98. Standard Practice for Calculating Heat Value, Compressibility Factor, and Relative Density of Gaseous Fuels.

(u) ASTM D 4294-98. Standard Test Method for Sulfur in Petroleum and Petroleum Products by Energy-Dispersive X-ray Fluorescense Spectrometry.

(v) ASTM D 4629-96. Standard Test Method for Trace Nitrogen in Liquid Petroleum Hydrocarbons by Syringe/Inlet Oxidative Combustion and Chemiluminescence Detection.

(w) ASTM D 4809-00. Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method).

(x) ASTM D 4891-89. Standard Test Method for Heating Value of Gases in Natural Gas Range by Stoichiometric Combustion.

(y) ASTM D 5865-02. Standard Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke.

(2) No change.

(3) [Reserved]. American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Recommended Practices – Industrial Ventilation: A Manual of Recommended Practice – Equipment Specifications published in the 16th Edition of the Industrial Ventilation Manual (or any subsequent versions approved by the department) are available from the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists, Committee on Industrial Ventilation, P. O. Box 16153, Lansing, Michigan 48901, and may be inspected at the Department’s Tallahassee office.

(4) No change.

(5) Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (TAPPI), Test Methods – These are available from TAPPI, P. O. Box 105113, Atlanta, Georgia 30348.

(a) TAPPI Method T.624, Analysis of Soda and Sulfate White and Green Liquors.

(b) (Reserved).

(6) Sulphur Development Institute of Canada (SUDIC) Sampling and Testing Sulphur Forms – These are available from SUDIC, Box 950, Bow Valley Square 1, 830, 202-6 Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 2W6.

(a) S1-77. Collection of a Gross Sample of Sulphur.

(b) S2-77. Sieve Analysis of Sulphur Forms, except paragraph 4.3 concerning wet sieving is not adopted.

(c) S3-77. Determination of Material Finer than No. 50 (300um) Sieve in Sulphur Forms by Washing.

(d) S5-77. Determination of Friability of Sulfur Forms.

(7) EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures. This rule lists the capture efficiency test procedures to be used where required by department air pollution rule or air permit. The EPA test procedures listed in this rule and contained in 40 CFR Part 51, Appendix M, are adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C. The EPA test procedures that are adopted by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C., are adopted in their entirety except for those provisions referring to approval of alternative procedures by the Administrator. For purposes of this rule, such alternative procedures may only be approved by the Secretary or his or her designee in accordance with Rule 62-297.620, F.A.C. In addition, the EPA document GD-035, “Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency,” dated January 9, 1995, is hereby adopted and incorporated by reference. A copy can be obtained by writing to: Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Air Resource Management, 2600 Blair Stone Road, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2400.

(a) Method 204, Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure.

(b) Method 204A, Volatile Organic Compounds Content in Liquid Input Stream.

(c) Method 204B, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Captured Stream.

(d) Method 204C, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Captured Stream, (Dilution Technique).

(e) Method 204D, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Uncaptured Stream from Temporary Total Enclosure.

(f) Method 204E, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Uncaptured Stream from Building Enclosure.

(g) Method 204F, Volatile Organic Compounds Content in Liquid Input Stream (Distillation Approach).

Rulemaking Specific Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History–Formerly 17-2.700(6)(c), Amended 6-11-93, Formerly 17-297.440, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 3-2-99, 10-22-02,__________.

 

62-297.450 EPA VOC Capture Efficiency Test Procedures.

(1) Applicability. The requirements set forth in subsections 62-297.450(2) and (3), F.A.C., shall apply to all regulated VOC-emitting emissions units employing a control system pursuant to Rules 62-296.501 through 62-296.516, F.A.C., and Rule 62-296.800, F.A.C., except as provided in paragraphs 62-297.450(1)(a) and (b), F.A.C.

(2) Capture Efficiency Determination. The owner or operator shall determine the capture efficiency of a VOC capture system by using the EPA Emission Measurement Technical Information Center Guideline Document GD-035, "Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency," January 9, 1995 (Dept. of State link), hereby adopted and incorporated by reference; and one or more of the following EPA test methods, adopted and incorporated by reference at 62-204.800, F.A.C., as applicable to the capture system:

(a) Method 204, Criteria for and Verification of a Permanent or Temporary Total Enclosure;

(b) Method 204A, Volatile Organic Compounds Content in Liquid Input Stream;

(c) Method 204B, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Captured Stream;

(d) Method 204C, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Captured Stream, (Dilution Technique);

(e) Method 204D, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Uncaptured Stream from Temporary Total Enclosure;

(f) Method 204E, Volatile Organic Compounds Emissions in Uncaptured Stream from Building Enclosure; or

(g) Method 204F, Volatile Organic Compounds Content in Liquid Input Stream (Distillation Approach).

(a) If an owner or operator installs a Permanent Total Enclosure that meets the specifications of Method 204, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C., and which directs all VOC to a control device, the capture efficiency is assumed to be 100 percent, and the facility owner or operator is exempted from the requirements described in subsection 62-297.450(2), F.A.C. This does not exempt the owner or operator from conducting any required control device efficiency test.

(3)(b) In lieu of determining the capture efficiency of a capture system, the owner or operator of an affected activity, process, or emissions unit may determine the overall emission reduction efficiency of the system by dividing the recovered liquid VOC by the input liquid VOC using the procedure given in 40 C.F.R. § 60.433, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C., if all of the following criteria are met:

(a) The owner or operator uses a nondestructive control device designed to collect and recover VOC; and

(b) The owner or operator is able to equate solvent usage with solvent recovery on a 24-hour (daily) basis, rather than a 20-day weighted average; and

(c) The owner or operator can equate solvent usage with solvent recovery within 72 hours following each 24-hour period; and If the owner or operator of an affected activity, process, or emissions unit uses a nondestructive control device designed to collect and recover VOC (e.g., carbon adsorber), an explicit measurement of capture efficiency is not necessary if the owner or operator is able to equate solvent usage with solvent recovery on a 24-hour (daily) basis, rather than a 30-day weighted average, and can determine this within 72 hours following each 24-hour period, and one of the following two criteria is also met:

1. The solvent recovery system (i.e., capture and control system) is dedicated to a single activity, process line, or emissions unit (e.g., one process line venting to a carbon adsorber system), or

(d)2. The solvent recovery system (i.e., capture and control system) is dedicated to a single activity, process line, or emissions unit; or tThe solvent recovery system controls multiple activities, process lines, or emissions units, and the owner or operator is able to demonstrate that the overall control (i.e., the total recovered solvent VOC divided by the sum of liquid VOC input to all activities, process lines, or emissions units venting of the control system) meets or exceeds the most stringent emission standard applicable for any activity, process line, or emissions unit venting to the control system.

(c) If the conditions given above in paragraph 62-297.450(1)(b), F.A.C., are met, the overall emission reduction efficiency of the system can be determined by dividing the recovered liquid VOC by the input liquid VOC. The general procedure for this determination is given in 40 CFR 60.433, which is adopted by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C.

(2) Specific Requirements. The capture efficiency of a capture system shall be determined using one of the following EPA procedures, or an alternate capture efficiency test procedure if approved by the Department under the provisions of Rule 62-297.620, F.A.C.

(a) Gas/gas method using a Temporary Total Enclosure. The EPA specifications to determine whether an enclosure is considered a Temporary Total Enclosure are given in Method 204, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C. The capture efficiency equation to be used for this procedure is:

CE = (G/(G + F)) × 100

where:

CE = capture efficiency, percent,

G = mass of VOC captured and delivered to control device using a Temporary Total Enclosure,

F = mass of fugitive VOC that escapes from a Temporary Total Enclosure.

Method 204B or Method 204C shall be used to obtain G. Method 204D shall be used to obtain F.

(b) Liquid/gas method using Temporary Total Enclosure. The EPA specifications to determine whether an enclosure is considered a Temporary Total Enclosure are given in Method 204, adopted and incorporated by reference at Rule 62-204.800, F.A.C. The capture efficiency equation to be used for this procedure is:

CE = ((L - F)/L) × 100

where:

CE = capture efficiency, percent,

L = mass of liquid VOC input to the activity, process, or emissions unit,

F = mass of fugitive VOC that escapes from a Temporary Total Enclosure.

Method 204A or Method 204F shall be used to obtain L. Method 204D shall be used to obtain F.

(c) Gas/gas method using the building or room in which the affected activity, process, or emissions unit is located as the enclosure and in which G and Fb are measured while operating only the affected activity, process, or emissions unit. All fans and blowers in the building or room must be operated as they would under normal production. The capture efficiency equation to be used for this procedure is:

CE = (G/(G + FB)) × 100

where:

CE = capture efficiency, percent,

G = mass of VOC captured and delivered to a control device,

Fb = mass of fugitive VOC that escapes from building enclosure.

Method 204B or Method 204C shall be used to obtain G. Method 204E shall be used to obtain FB.

(d) Liquid/gas method using the building or room in which the affected activity, process, or emissions unit is located as the enclosure and in which L and F are measured while operating only the affected activity, process, or emissions unit. All fans and blowers in the building or room shall be operated as they would under normal production. The capture efficiency equation to be used for this procedure is:

CE = ((L - FB)/L) × 100

where:

CE = capture efficiency, percent,

L = mass of liquid VOC input to the activity, process, or emissions unit,

FB = mass of fugitive VOC that escapes from building enclosure.

Method 204A or Method 204F shall be used to obtain L. Method 204E shall be used to obtain FB.

(e) Traditional liquid/gas method using the building or room in which the affected activity, process, or emissions unit is located as the enclosure and in which L and G are measured while operating only the affected activity, process, or emissions unit. All fans and blowers in the building or room shall be operated as they would under normal production conditions. The testing shall be conducted in accordance with Section 3.0 of EPA Emission Measurement Technical Information Center Guideline Document GD-035, "Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency," January 9, 1995, adopted by reference at Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C. Measurements shall be obtained using the EPA methods and procedures adopted by reference in this chapter. The capture efficiency equation to be used for this procedure is:

CE = (G/L) × 100

where:

CE = capture efficiency, percent,

L = mass of liquid VOC input to the activity, process, or emissions unit,

G = mass of VOC captured and delivered to a control device.

Method 204A or Method 204F shall be used to obtain L. Method 204B or Method 204C shall be used to obtain G.

(f) The use of the aggregate sampling procedure described in Section 4.1 of EPA Emission Measurement Technical Information Center Guideline Document GD-035, "Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency," January 9, 1995, adopted by reference at Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C., may be used only if specifically authorized as applicable to the facility in the State Implementation Plan.

(3) Sampling Requirements.

(a) Capture efficiency tests which use a total temporary enclosure or building enclosure with one of the liquid/gas or gas/gas methods identified in paragraphs 62-297.450(2)(a) through (d), F.A.C., shall consist of at least three sampling runs. Each run shall cover at least one complete production cycle, but shall be at least 3 hours long. The sampling time for each run need not exceed 8 hours, even if the production cycle has not been completed.

(b) Capture efficiency tests which use the traditional liquid/gas method identified in paragraph 62-297.450(2)(e), F.A.C., shall consist of the total number of runs needed to comply with either the data quality objective criteria or lower confidence limit criteria of Section 3.0 of EPA Emission Measurement Technical Information Center Guideline Document GD-035, "Guidelines for Determining Capture Efficiency," January 9, 1995, adopted by reference at Rule 62-297.440, F.A.C. However, each traditional liquid/gas capture efficiency test shall consist of at least 3 sampling runs. The sampling time for each run shall be neither less than 20 minutes nor more than 24 hours. All runs with a capture efficiency result of more than 105 percent shall be deemed invalid and discarded. Traditional liquid/gas capture efficiency tests shall also comply with all other provisions of section 3.0 of Guideline Document GD-035.

(3)(4) Recordkeeping and Reporting.

(a) through (c) No change.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 62-297.340(1), F.A.C., Tthe owner or operator of an affected activity, process, or emissions unit shall notify the Department thirty (30) days prior to performing any capture efficiency and/or control efficiency tests.

(e) through (f) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 403.061 FS. Law Implemented 403.031, 403.061, 403.087 FS. History–Formerly 17-2.700(7), Amended 6-11-93, Formerly 17-297.450, Amended 11-23-94, 1-1-96, 3-2-99,__________.

 

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Cindy Phillips, Division of Air Resource Management

NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Herschel T. Vinyard Jr., Secretary

DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: April 1, 2014

DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAR: September 5, 2013